Læknablaðið - 15.05.1995, Qupperneq 33

LÆKNABLAÐIÐ 1995; 81
407
um og létust, sýna að flestir voru þeir dauð-
vona af völdum áverkans. Ekki voru teknir inn
í þennan útreikning nokkrir áhættuþættir sem
virðast þó skipta ntiklu um afdrif sjúklingsins,
til dæmis fyrri sjúkdómar og endurlífgun fyrir
innlögn. Í stuttu máli er niðurstaða þessarar
samantektar að góður árangur virðist hafa
náðst í meðferð brunasjúklinga á Landspítal-
anum.
HEIMILDIR
1. Stern M, Waisbren BA. Comparison of methods of pre-
dicting burn mortality. Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg 1979;
13: 201-4.
2. Scott-Conner CEH, Meydrech E, Wheeler WE, Coil
JA. Quantitation of rate of wound closure and the pre-
diction of death following major burns. Burns 1988; 14:
373-8.
3. Roi LD, Flora JD. DavisTM, Wolfe RA. Twonewburn
severity indices. J Trauma 1983; 26: 1023-9.
4. Bhatia AS, Mukherjee BN. Predicting survival in
burned patients. Burns 1992; 18: 368-72.
5. Zawacki BE, Azen SP, Imbus SH. Multifactorial probit
analysis of mortality in burned patients. Ann Surg 1979;
189: 1-5.
6. Shirani KZ, Pruitt BS, Mason AD. The influence of
inhalation injury and pneumonia on burn mortality. Ann
Surg 1987; 205: 82-7.
7. Clark WM, Fromm BS. Burn Mortality. Acta Chir
Scand 1987; Suppl. 537: 40-1.
8. Mogensen B, Björnsson S. Brunaslys í Reykjavík 1974-
89. Erindi flutt á þingi Félags íslenskra skurðlækna 1991.
9. World Health Organization. 1985-93, World Health Sta-
tistics Annual. Genéve: WHO, 1985-93.
10. Muir IFK. Barkclay TL, Settle JAD. Burns and their
treatment. London: Butterworth & Co, 1987.
11. Tweep A, Ross JF. A reviewof the mortality in the burn
units at the Victoria General Hospital and the Izaak
Walton Killam Hospital, January, 1967 — April, 1977.
Ann Plast Surg 1979; 2: 491-8.
12. Marshall WG, Dimick AR. The natural history of major
burns with multiple subsystem failure. J Trauma 1981;
21: 753-6.
13. Ragheb SA, Qaryoute S, El-Muhtaseb. Mortality of
burn injuries in Jordan. Burns 1984; 10: 439-43.
14. Luterman A, Dacso CC, Curreri PW. Infections in burn
patients. Am J Med 1986; 81/Suppl. 1A: 45-52.
15. Anous MM, Heimbach DM. Causes of death and pre-
dictors in burn patients more than 60 years of age. J
Trauma 1986; 26: 135-9.
16. Burdge JJ, Kats B, Edwards R. Surgical treatment of
burns in elderly patients. J Trauma 1988; 28: 214-7.
17. Merrell SW, Saffle JR, Larson CM, Sullivan JJ. The
Declining Incidence of Fatal Sepsis following Thermal
Injury. J Trauma 1989; 10: 1362-6.
18. Bang RL, Saif JK. Mortality from burns in Kuwait.
Burns 1989; 15: 315-21.
19. Bing-guo L, Wei-shia H, Tsi-siang S. Causes of death in
aged burn patients: analysis of 36 cases. Burns 1990; 16:
207-10.
20. Benmeir P, Sagi A, Greber B, Vardy D, Lusthaus S,
Picard E, et al. An analysis of mortality in patients with
burns covering 40 per cent BSA or more: retrospective
review covering 24 years (1964-88). Burns 1991; 17:
402-5.
21. Xiao J, Chai BR, Kong FY, Peng SG, Xu H, Wang CG,
et ai. Increased survival rate in patients with massive
burns. Burns 1992; 18: 401-4.